The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-27
BRIC-A-BHAC.

HAVE ASKED 1T.
So beautiful she seemed and so pure
All me. how L should miss her.
Unable longer to endure
My wish, | asked to kiss her.
A blush of deepest rose o'crSprcad
Her face, as if to mask ii,
AS, with u woman's art, she said:
why, Frank, you should not ask H..
A man of mark-A marquis.
TIN height of summer-Fahrcn-he
a go bctwcen-IIam i'm a sandwich.
A sound instructor-A music teacher.
A sound invcstment--Buying II drum.
Putting on airs-ThG western cyclone.
The greatest roam man of them all--Tlc
tramp.
Sober thoughts-The kind that come
next morning, you know.
1t is not the cream that ought TO Gc
whipped, but the milkman.
Every sucker in the land ought TO he put
through a course Of sprouts"
1t is n mean girl who will give her faith
full lover the mittcn in hot weather.
A bunion is spoken of as a nobby thing
in lOw.cut shoes.
An executive session is one in which to
do nothing and keep it secret.
The lawyers are a very economical class.
They make their suits last so long.
Rising with the lark is nothing wonder
full. Any rooster can beat the lark rising.
The man who takes u hint is not neccs-
sarily a thief.
Now that the base ball season is at hand
Strikes will be more frequent than ever.
Every dog has his day, but the nights
belong to the cats.
Gone up highcr-Thc man who didn't
know ii was loaded.
The bee can draw twenty times its own
weight; so can the porous plaster.
The cream of experience is Skinned
from spilled milk.
a RichlMnd man has been fined 500 for
kccpinga COW. Tho cow belonged TO Il
n%cighbor.
con, I'm slow" said the tortoise to the
hare; "but ! get there lust the same. ="
And then The hare said. "ChcstnutS''
When vessels list" is 1T because they arc
anxious to hear what the wild waves ave
saying?
Heavy dcws promote vegetation, and
heavy dues have often sent Il business man
to vegetatc.
The fashionable slipper of undresscd kid
| lie Jiot 40 NIlINilN' u blCSSihS iD"H MUS
as any other kind.
Yes she said. 81 think Charles is in
love with me. His breath now smells of
cloves instead Of plug tobacco.'
Ginger ale is said to be good for the
blood. That's the reason The dude drinks
ginger ale. The dude is n blood.
Fogg speaks of the Government ware.
house as "Purgatory. - inasmuch rs spirits
are there held temporarily in bond.
There is hope for the dudes. A French
scientist claims to manufacture artificial
brains.
A Chicago collector Of rare hooks has
paid twenty, five hundred dollars for Il bible.
Thought it was something new, probably.
A prominent clergyman calls the face
''thc playground Of the soul" Then u
book agents check mus be n prairie.
The fool knows nothing of shame. A
man can hold up his head under any cir
cumstanccS when there is nothing in il.
Trust may be good motto for a
Christian; trust not is Il good one for n
tailor.
1t is an old saying that tn" watched ro,
never has Il boil. That is the reason why q
man cannot see the back part of his neck.
DO not wear your troubles any misfor
tunes all on the outside, like I'm ovrrcoa,.
but keep them hidden within, Ikea ragged
vest.
That homcly babies make the best look
ing folks is IN adagc rs old us time itself:
but you dare not tell Il mother her baby is
homcly,
An old gent named John Smith has re
Gently got married, giving as his chicl
reason his desire To save the name from
utter extinction. Bully for Smith.